How do I clear my web browser cache?

User Notice: This guide is provided for reference only.In order to speed up web browsing, web browsers are designed to download web pages and store them locally on your computer’s hard drive in an area called “cache“. The cache contains a kind of travel record of the items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the Web, including images, sounds, Web pages, even cookies. Typically these items are stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder.When you visit the same page for a second time, the browser speeds up display time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again. This sometimes results in less than current versions of web pages being displayed. When the cache fills up, performance can slow down and your hard drive may run out of space.You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently. If you believe that you have a less than current version of a page, please see the following steps listed below to clear the cache in your browser.

Google Chrome

Open Chrome

Click the Wrench Icon (Tools menu)

Select Options

From the Under the Hood tab, click Clear browsing data…

Select the items you want to clear (e.g., Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, Delete cookies and other site data).You can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information from the Clear data from this period drop-down menu. To clear your entire cache, select Everything.

Click Clear browsing data

Close window.

Exit and re-launch the browser.

Netscape Communicator / Navigator 8.0

Click Tools in the upper toolbar and select Options.

Select Privacy under Options on the left side of the screen.

Click Cache.

Click Clear Cache.

Click Clear.

Click OK.

Netscape Communicator / Navigator 7.0

Click Edit in the upper toolbar and select Preferences.

Click the Triangle next to Advanced to expand it.

Click Cache.

Click Clear Cache.

Click OK.

Netscape Communicator / Navigator 4.0 – 6.0

Click Edit in the upper toolbar and select Preferences.

Click Advanced.

Click Cache.

Click Clear Memory Cache.

Click Clear Disk Cache.

Click OK.

Clearing Browser Cache on Macintosh

Safari 4.0 for Macintosh OS X

Open Safari.

Click on Safari in the upper toolbarand Select Reset Safari.

Click EmptyCache and Remove All Cookies.

Click the Reset button.

Exit and re-launch the browser.

Safari 1.0 for Macintosh OS X

Open Safari.

Click on Safari in the upper toolbarand Select Empty Cache.

Click Empty on the Are you suremessage box.

Exit and re-launch the browser.

Firefox 3.5 – 3.6 for Macintosh OS X

Click Tools in the upper toolbar and select Clear Recent History.

Select the Time Range to clear (drop-down menu). – Select Everything to clear all cache.

Click Details to choose what history elements to clear. – e.g. cache and cookies

Google Chrome

Open Chrome

Click the Wrench Icon (Tools menu)

Select Options

From the Under the Hood tab, click Clear browsing data…

Select the items you want to clear (e.g., Clear browsing history, Clear download history, Empty the cache, Delete cookies and other site data).You can choose the period of time for which you want to clear cached information from the Clear data from this period drop-down menu. To clear your entire cache, select Everything.